Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25
AN INCIDENT.


moisture in it, but bore on it the scent of
moss and hay, and perhaps of bean flowers. |
A young lady standing at the gate into a
large meadow inhaled the soft breeze with
rapture. and acknowledged mentally that
her unusual early rising had bestowed ON her
81 great and novel pleasure. The meadow
into which She was gazing was of some ex-
tent, MS we have said, and was studded with
groups of elm trees, bcncath one of which
some cows were being mllicd by "A maid and
a boy. The miEmuil was singing, and her
voice sounded sweet and fresh in the stiffness,
though a moment attcrward n lark sprang
upward with burst of melody that once
wholly cHgrosSed Miss Dcn2ils attention
The young hcir2,s--fur sdcn She was-had
Travelled i'll lovely lands, and seen most of the
wonders If nature and Of European art, but
<such Il sacred and home fclt delight as she
experienced now was at once new to her and
delightful. Never before in her twenty years
of life had She risen at dawn. dressed with
out assistance, aid gone forth alone; aye,
even beyond the park gates. The inhcritor
of great wealth. she had been left an orphan
in her childhood, and had been brought up
by an aunt who was old fashioned and con-
ventional and had kept her niece in IA strict
and monot"nouo routine of daily life
Thus Mary Dc;olI had her Troubles 1ctted
and considered rs Sh" was ilrl cunt temper
was cross and trying, her mode OF life priln
and dull
Those who knew all about Mary Dcnail's
nome wondered That she dld not marry,
ii it were only to get away from the
restraint her guardian imposed ON her; but
h"eTe was depth OF terIinE ANA romance
in the girls heart, and she had not yet met
one whom she could love, or even quite trust;
for, that she would he sought for her wealth
had been early impressed ON her, and She
dreaded being married only for her money
more than she could have expressed. But
her aunt had latterly urged the suit of a man
of great wealth and position, and Mary,
nearly nan perauadcd and hall worried into
compliance, had passed disturbed and rcst-
less night. trying to make up her mind, and
had finally risen at dawn, and gone out in
defiance OF all rules to lind how well nature
can soothe and calm her children. She had
been tempted also to leave th' park for the
pastures Of tn" nom" farm, where her old
nurse mad been established with her son a.
bailiff and her daughter "a dairymaid; the
daughter being Mis- DcnziIs foster sister and
namesake.
Il will have glass Of tine new milk" Miss
Denzl determined, as the llrk's song gradu-
ally floatcd away. MARY viii he surprised
20 ste Il'
And She opened the gate and proceeded
across the meadow, pausinS occasionally to
listen TO the distant song of the lark,
or to a birds note from the tree,
or to watch splendid admiral but
terfy's flight from the bouEhs to the
grass among the wild flowers, her trouble
and INDIGESTION entirely forgotten. She was
good embodiment of spring herself, looking
even younger than her real age, and with Il
fresh blooming complexion and abundant
golden hair, pilunnt little nose and rose
bud mouth, fair and sweet and smiling
though ny no means IA beauty.
The milkmaid, a~ soon rs the rustling OF
the ladys drc,, through the grass caught hcl
ear, looked up fro;l the side of the COW
against which her head rested, and seem!
Miss Denzll rose in such surprise that sh,
nearly upset her mil, pail
"Wen Mary" said the young lady, go,
seem very happv over Your task. Can yo,